Diamond Column Pop-Up Card for Creative Creases #107

It's time for a new challenge over on the Creative Creases Challenge blog where it's always anything goes with a fun fold project, and this month I'm sharing a Diamond Column Pop-Up Card I made for my husband's uncle's birthday. If you'd like the measurements and instructions, I'm including a link to Lisa Curcio's video here: Make This Diamond Column Pop Up Card | No Dies Needed. 

To start my card, I trimmed and scored heavy weight gray cardstock to create the base and pillars. Then I trimmed the blue pieces and embossed the ones that are adhered to the columns using Altenew's Organic Linen 3D embossing folder. 

For the mountain scene, I used Altenew's Mountain Stencil and Cloud Stencil to create a background for the card. I then trimmed the background into 2 pieces and adhered the pieces to the blue cardstock layers. 

In her video, Lisa shows how to create a tab to hold the card's sentiment, so I followed her instructions and add a "happy birthday" sentiment to the front of the card using Altenew's Essential Sentiment Strips Die Set. I added enamel dots from Altenew's Colorful Wonder Enamel Dot set to match the colors I used in the stenciled background. 

For the back of the card, I trimmed white cardstock to fit the blue layers and then used Altenew's Dotted Lines Debossing Cover Die to add a pattern to the paper. I stamped "love you" using Altenew's Mini Delight: Afternoon Delight set. To finish the card, I added a die cut from Altenew's Zero Waste: Berries & Branches Die. 

If you’d like to join the fun over on the Creative Creases Challenge blog with a fun fold project of your own, here’s the link to the new challenge post: https://wp.me/p4bS0N-cmW

I'm an affiliate for Altenew, so if you are interested in ordering something lovely from Altenew and would like to use my link, thank you very much! Here's the link: Carrie's Altenew affiliate page 

View of the back of the card:

Top view:

Close up of the stenciled scene:

Challenges I'm entering:

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday: ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with twist of changing seasons  (1/6; ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 4/10 for the challenge; ends 8/27/25)

Allsorts challenge blog:  Happy Birthday or ATG (2/5; ends 9/13/25)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of Happy Birthday (2/8; ends at the end of the month)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (I used scissors to trim the my "happy birthday" sentiment into two strips) (1/5; ends at the end of the month) Top Pick 10/2/25

Mix It Up Challenge Blog: ATG with option of Fancy Folds (2/5; ends at the end of October)

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2025/09/challenge-9-week-2-anything-goes-card.html?m=1: ATG (2/4; ends 9/24/25) 

https://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/favourite-layered-or-flat-why.html?m=1: Layered or flat and why? I love layered cards! I think they are so fun! (1/3; ends 9/18/25) 

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/krafty-chicks-challenge-784-birthday.html?m=1: Happy Birthday (1/3; ends 9/11/25) 

https://tictactoechallenge.com/: top row: stencil, birthday, die cut (1/3; ends 9/11/25)

https://heartsquestshapedcardsandtags.blogspot.com/2025/09/hqfscat-9-g-on-shaped-card-and-or.html?m=1: ATG with shaped cards or tags (1/5: ends at the end of the month) 

https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2025/09/challenge-823-fancy-fold.html?m=1: Fun Fold (1/3; 9/9/25)

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/challenge-307.html?m=1: ATG (1/3; ends 9/19/25)

Let's Craft and Create: Lots of layers (1/3; ends at the end of the  month)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: ATG (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (2/4; ends 9/25/25)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends 9/19/25)